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  • 5:27 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    31:06
  • 5:24 AM

    Gnossienne No. 4

    Erik Satie

    Rothko Chapel

    Sarah Rothenberg, piano

    3:34
  • 5:06 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    Michael Davis, violin

    15:37
  • 5:01 AM

    Sketchbook of a Journey: Night at Sea with Stars

    Anthony Sidney

    Miguel Bonachea, guitar

    Gretchen Chell Cover, harp

    4:24
  • 4:45 AM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann

    Nelson Freire, piano

    13:00
  • 4:26 AM

    Simple Symphony

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Lachrymae

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Iona Brown, conductor

    17:36
  • 4:17 AM

    Concerto for Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Arion

    8:26
  • 4:11 AM

    Perpetual Motion

    Niccolo Paganini

    Carnaval

    Eastman Wind Ensemble

    Donald Hunsberger, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, cornet

    4:33
  • 4:06 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:27
  • 4:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Choir of Trinity College

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Camilla Otaki, soprano

    Joanne Andrews, soprano

    Richard Pearce, organ

    4:32
  • 3:51 AM

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Mother and Child

    William Grant Still

    Roots

    Randall Goosby, violin

    7:20
  • 1:49 AM

    Canadian Folk Song Suite

    Morley Calvert

    Hannaford Street Silver Band

    Stephen Chenette, conductor

    8:36
  • 1:18 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 1:10 AM

    Medley of Scots Tunes

    Rachel Barton Pine

    Scottish Fantasies for Violin & Orchestra

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Alexander Platt, conductor

    Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    5:58
  • 1:06 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Rejouissance

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks; Water Music

    Capella Istropolitana

    Bohdan Warchal, conductor

    3:30
  • 1:01 AM

    Liza/Promenade

    George Gershwin

    Tashi

    4:45
  • 12:14 AM

    Scheherazade

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Stravinsky: Firebird

    Orchestre de la Bastille

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    41:36
  • 12:02 AM

    Lento from Symphony no. 5

    Kurt Atterberg

    Radio Orchestra of Frankfurt

    Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    9:52
  • 11:55 PM

    My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee

    Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    5:29
  • 11:21 PM

    The Rite of Spring

    Igor Stravinsky

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    32:58
  • 11:12 PM

    12 Variation of La Folia

    CPE Bach

    Joseph Kalichstein, piano

    7:42
  • 11:08 PM

    Ol' Man River

    Jerome Kern

    Columbia Concert Orchestra

    Emanuel Balaban, conductor

    Paul Robeson, bass-baritone

    3:10
  • 11:03 PM

    Casanova

    Nino Rota

    The Symphonic Fellini/Rota

    Czech Symphony Orchestra

    Derek Wadsworth, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:55 PM

    Mass for Pope Marcellus: Agnus Dei

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Roma Aeterna

    New York Polyphony

    6:22
  • 10:29 PM

    String Quartet No. 12 "American"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Chilingirian Quartet

    24:38
  • 10:23 PM

    Dixit Dominus

    Marianne Martines

    Salzburg Hofmusik

    Wolfgang Brunner, conductor

    4:12
  • 10:14 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Winter Was Hard

    Kronos Quartet

    7:12
  • 10:08 PM

    Lakme: Flower Duet

    Leo Delibes

    The Opera Album

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    Natalie Dessay, soprano

    4:49
  • 9:56 PM

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    John Rutter

    Rutter: Requiem

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    Caroline Ashton, soprano

    4:09
  • 9:49 PM

    Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": 2nd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94 & 95; Mozart: Toy Symphony

    Hanover Band

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:01
  • 9:40 PM

    Variations

    Nikolai Kapustin

    Kapustin: Piano Music

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    6:58
  • 9:29 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Il Cimento Dell'Armonia e Dell'Inventione

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    9:25
  • 9:22 PM

    The Merrymakers

    Eric Coates

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    4:55
  • 9:01 PM

    Passacaglia: 44 variations on theme from Schubert's Unfinished S

    Leopold Godowsky

    Godowsky: Sonata And Passacaglia

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    18:36
  • 6:39 PM

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    18:41
  • 6:19 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 6:11 PM

    Iolanthe Overture

    Arthur Sullivan

    A Gilbert & Sullivan Gala

    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

    Bramwell Tovey, conductor

    6:59
  • 6:06 PM

    Variations on Arne's "Rule Britannia"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Olli Mustonen, piano

    4:07
  • 6:01 PM

    Pastoral and Reel

    Thomas C. Kelly

    Silver Apples of the Moon

    Irish Chamber Orchestra

    Fionnuala Hunt, conductor

    4:39
  • 5:49 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    10:13
  • 5:13 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    33:35
  • 5:10 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Alexander Scriabin

    Septura

    1:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    3:04
  • 5:01 PM

    Sing Ye Praises

    Ruth Watson Henderson

    Sing All Ye Joyful

    Elmer Iseler Singers

    Lydia Adams, conductor

    4:39
  • 4:49 PM

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    9:10
  • 4:24 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Samuel Barber

    Barber & Meyer Violin Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    23:03
  • 4:11 PM

    Four Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    11:38
  • 4:09 PM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:21
  • 4:06 PM

    Minuet in Blue

    Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    2:47
  • 4:01 PM

    Flowers from Froso: Entry to the Summer Meadow

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Okko Kamu, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:46 PM

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Suite

    Manuel de Falla

    Spain

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    12:12
  • 3:44 PM

    Spanish Folk Suite: Cancion (Song)

    Manuel de Falla

    Works for Cello and Piano

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    1:24
  • 3:39 PM

    La Favorita: Spirto gentil

    Gaetano Donizetti

    Vienna State Opera Orchestra

    Edward Downes, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    4:00
  • 3:07 PM

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    26:00
  • 3:00 PM

    Symphony No. 1: Scherzo

    Charles Gounod

    Gounod Symphonies

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    6:44
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    10:08
  • 2:38 PM

    A Fugal Concerto

    Gustav Holst

    Tippett, Holst, Corelli, Bach

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Kathryn Greenbank, oboe

    7:23
  • 2:32 PM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin: 1st movement

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: Violin Concertos

    Janine Jansen and Friends

    Janine Jansen, violin

    4:51
  • 2:21 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 4: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Andrew Constantine, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    10:05
  • 2:09 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis: March

    Paul Hindemith

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    4:25
  • 2:04 PM

    Hungarian March

    Hector Berlioz

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:25
  • 1:51 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Favourite Serenades for Orchestra

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    7:30
  • 1:48 PM

    Etude No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes

    Maurizio Pollini, piano

    1:55
  • 1:39 PM

    Fra Diavolo: Overture

    Daniel Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:26
  • 1:34 PM

    Three Latin-American Dances: Mestizo Waltz

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:30 PM

    Jongo

    Paulo Bellinati

    Guitar Gala Night

    Eden-Stell Guitar Duo

    4:06
  • 1:21 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, etc.

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:39
  • 1:17 PM

    The 49th Parallel: Prelude

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Lake Wobegon Brass Band

    2:44
  • 1:14 PM

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:14
  • 1:06 PM

    Trumpet Sonata No. 1

    Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    John Wallace, trumpet

    6:45
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:47 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 2nd movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Symphonies

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    10:26
  • 12:41 PM

    Festmarsch (Festive March)

    Richard Strauss

    Metamorphosen: Strauss Chamber Works

    Oculi Ensemble

    5:17
  • 12:34 PM

    Toward a New Life

    Josef Suk

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:48
  • 12:30 PM

    Pastorale

    Igor Stravinsky

    J. Strauss: Waltz Transcriptions/Stravinsky: Chamber Music

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    2:52
  • 12:21 PM

    Halcyon Days

    Eric Coates

    Coates: The Three Elizabeths Suite

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    8:02
  • 12:16 PM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondeau

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:34
  • 12:10 PM

    Andante with Variations

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Chamber Music with Harp

    Consortium Classicum

    3:59
  • 12:04 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 11:45 AM

    Lady Radnor's Suite

    Hubert Parry

    Parry: Symphonic Variations

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    13:19
  • 11:35 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Minuet I

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Gran Partita

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    9:17
  • 11:24 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann StraussJr.

    Johann Strauss: Emperor Waltz

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    10:02
  • 11:20 AM

    English Suite No. 3: Gavotte

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inventions

    Renaud Capucon, violin

    3:19
  • 11:10 AM

    Concert Piece for Horn and Orchestra

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Gliere, Saint-Saens, Dukas, Chabrier: Works For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    8:35
  • 11:06 AM

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni

    World Encores

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    3:26
  • 11:01 AM

    Il delirio amoroso: Introduction

    George Frideric Handel

    Le Concert d'Astree

    Emmanuelle Haim, conductor

    4:50
  • 10:34 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Volkmann

    North West German Philharmonic

    Werner Andreas Albert, conductor

    24:24
  • 10:25 AM

    Arabesque

    Robert Schumann

    Clara and Robert Schumann

    Angela Cheng, piano

    6:58
  • 10:15 AM

    Epic March

    John Ireland

    Sinfonia of London

    John Wilson, conductor

    8:40
  • 10:06 AM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Collegium Musicum Zurich

    Paul Sacher, conductor

    Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

    8:11
  • 10:01 AM

    I Will Lift Mine Eyes

    Jake Runestad

    Kantorei Denver

    Joel Rinsema, conductor

    4:31
  • 9:48 AM

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Weixiong Wang, clarinet

    10:29
  • 9:24 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Marek Stilec, conductor

    23:25
  • 9:06 AM

    Views of the Sea

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    15:58
  • 9:01 AM

    Andantino

    Alfredo Catalani

    Catalani: Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    4:31
  • 8:40 AM

    Jeux (Games)

    Claude Debussy

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Conlon, conductor

    17:52
  • 8:37 AM

    Miki Aoki, piano

    2:07
  • 8:16 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

    Yakov Kreizberg, conductor

    Julia Fischer, violin

    19:17
  • 8:06 AM

    English Suite

    Paul Lewis

    Northern Sinfonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    10:04
  • 8:01 AM

    Sayyid Chant and Dance No. 29

    Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

    Levant

    Serouj Kradjian, piano

    4:43
  • 7:55 AM

    Harvest Hymn

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger: Vol. 1 - Orchestral Works 1

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    3:14
  • 7:32 AM

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    22:35
  • 7:06 AM

    Suite for 13 Wind Instruments

    Richard Strauss

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    23:44
  • 7:01 AM

    Symphony No. 8 "Evening": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    4:50
  • 6:22 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Organ"

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" and Other Works

    Utah Symphony

    Thierry Fischer, conductor

    Paul Jacobs, organ

    36:03
  • 6:19 AM

    Primavera (Spring)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Bengt Forsberg, piano

    David Huang, piano

    2:33
  • 6:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    11:20
  • 6:01 AM

    The Sea: Nocturne (Calm)

    Nikos Skalkottas

    Nikos Skalkottas: Dance of the Waves

    Athens State Orchestra

    Stefanos Tsialis, conductor

    4:48